List of support services and projects regarding housing
Associations of tenants
WhatThese associations offers counselling about the tenancy law and the rights and duties of the tenants. They provide legal advice before signing a rental contract. You need to be their member to use their services.
WhereYou can find the local offices here (in German): www.mietervereinigung.at
(in German) www.mieterschutzverband.at/.
Association of owners
WhatThe association offers legal counselling to people who own a property or to people who are thinking about buying a property. You need to be their member to use their services.
WhereYou can find the closest office to you here (in German): www.gdw.at/.
Counselling on accommodation and housing
WhatThe Governments of the Federal State offer counselling to migrants on topics of housing and accommodation.
Where
- Burgenland (in German): www.burgenland.at/wohnen-energie/
- Carinthia (in German): www.ktn.gv.at/Service/Servicestellen
- Lower Austria (in German): www.noe.gv.at/Bauen-Wohnen/Wohnen.html
- Upper Austria (in German): www.land-oberoesterreich.gv.at/12086.htm
- Salzburg (in German): www.salzburg.gv.at/themen/bauen-wohnen
- Styria (in German): www.verwaltung.steiermark.at/cms/beitrag/12541343/127384147/
- Tirol (in German): www.tirol.gv.at/bauen-wohnen/
- Vorarlberg (in German): www.vorarlberg.at/vorarlberg/land_politik/land/landesverwaltung/neuigkeiten_ohnebild_/adressenundamtsstunden.htm
- Vienna (in German): www.Viennaerwohnen.at/mieterin/servicemieterin/servicecenter.html
Information service for citizens
WhatSome cities also offer counselling on accommodation and housing
Where
- Eisenstadt (in German): www.eisenstadt.gv.at/
- Klagefurt (in German): www.klagenfurt.at/leben-in-klagenfurt/bauen-wohnen.html
- St Pölten (in German): www.st-poelten.gv.at/Content.Node/buergerservice/Bauen-und-Wohnen_Start1.php
- Linz (in German): linz.gv.at/kontakt.asp
- Salzburg (in German): www.salzburg.gv.at/dienststellen/sonstige-einrichtungen/sir.
- www.stadt-salzburg.at/internet/wirtschaft_umwelt/bauen.htm
- Graz (in German): www.graz.at/cms/beitrag/10244382/267066
- Innsbruck (in German): www.innsbruck.gv.at/page.cfm?vpath=wohnen/wohnungsvergabe
Bregenz (in German): www.bregenz.gv.at/buergerservice/wohnen/
Accommodation counselling Burgenland – Eisenstadt
WhatNGO that offers counselling to migrants and refugees about accommodation. They offer interpreting services in different languages.
Where(in German) www.diakoniebgld.at
Hauptstraße 37/ Top 14
7000 Eisenstadt
Tel.: +43 664 88 302 309
Email: Wohnberatung.burgenland@diakonie.at
Accommodation counselling in Carinthia
WhatOrganization that offers counselling to migrants and refugees to find accommodation in different Austrian Federal States. They also offer interpreting services on different languages.
WhereYou can find the closest offices to you (in German): fluechtlingsdienst.diakionie.at.
Refugees welcome
WhatNGO that offers counselling on housing and accommodation for refugees.
Where
(in German) www.fluechtlinge-willkommen.at
Cafe PROSA
Sparkassenplatz 3
1150 Vienna
Assistance for migrants and refugees - Caritas
WhatCaritas offers counselling to migrants on topics of housing and accommodation. They also provide financial assistance for the deposit (Kautionsfond) to refugees and people under subsidiary protection. They offer interpreting services in different languages.
WhereFind the closer office to you here (in English and German): www.caritas.at/.
Volkshilfe Wohndrehscheibe – Accommodation hub
WhatOrganization that offers counselling concerning accommodation in Vienna. They offer interpreting services in Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, English, German, Macedonian, Serbian, Turkish and Russian.
Where(in German) www.volkshilfe-Vienna.at
Landerstraßer Hauptstraße 146-148
1030 Vienna
Tel.: +43 1 360 64 4343
Email: wds@volkshilfe-Vienna.at
INTO Vienna
WhatNGO that offers counselling for migrants on accommodation and housing in Vienna. They also offer interpreting services in Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, Croatian, Dari, English, Farsi, French, German, Hebrew, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Kurdish, Russian, Romanian, Serbian, Spanish, Swahili, and Turkish.
WhereIntegration house
Engerthstraße 163
1020 Vienna
Tel.: 01 212 35 20-35
Email: beratungsstelle-wohnen@integrationshaus.at
Interface Vienna
WhatOrganization that offers counselling for migrants on accommodation and housing in Vienna. They also offer interpreting services in Arabic, Bosnian, Chechen, Croatian, Dari, Farsi, English, French, German, Georgian, Russian, Serbian and Somali.
WherePaulanergasse 3/1
1040 Vienna
Tel.: 01 524 50 15 0
Email: info@interface-wien.at